Safe Families Canada
Charitable organization · Markham, Ontario · BN 850841842RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,079,266) as filed with the CRA.
Safe Families Canada is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 9% from government, 29% from other charities. In 2024, 122 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.1M.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $473K in 2020 to $2.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To provide safe temporay residential accomodations needs to children from families on crisis. To provide mentoring and assistance to parents in order to prevent neglect of and abuse to their children.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $3.1M | $2.8M | — | — | $548K |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | $952K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | -$104K |
| 2021 | $965K | $990K | $954K | — | — | -$44K |
| 2020 | $473K | $459K | $436K | — | — | -$20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.1M from 122 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$668K
- Canadahelps Canadon$668K
- The Foundation Office.ca$56K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$50K
- Canadian Reformed Church at Sardis$32K
- Living Water Reformed Church$29K
- Bethel Reformed Church of Monarch$25K
- The Makbraneth Foundation$25K
- Ypma Family Foundation$25K
- Hultink Family Foundation$25K
- Solcz Family Foundation$24K
- Heritage Park Alliance Church$24K
- Redemption Bible Chapel$22K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$17K
- Vineland Free Reformed Church$16K
- Christian Stewardship Services$15K
- Butterley Family Foundation Inc$15K
- Kehila Foundation$15K
- The Christian Reformed Church of Nobleford$14K
- Aqueduct Foundation$13K
- Covenant Christian Church of Wyoming$13K
- Zion United Reformed Church of Sheffield$12K
- Grace Valley Church (Dundas)$12K
- Westminster Chapel$12K
- Providence Free Reformed Church$12K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Misener (board trustee); William Coleman (vice-chair); Danielle Lima (secretry/liaison); Debbie Brown (member ar large); Patti Larsen (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Safe Families Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850841842RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.